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An Atlas Of Impossible Longing (2008)

by Anuradha Roy(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1451608624 (ISBN13: 9781451608625)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Free Press

review 1: I too bought this book by mistake, I was looking instead for Arundathi Roy's God of Small Things. However I believe that it was a mistake I would gladly make again.[return][return]I enjoyed this book tremendously, it was beautifully written and draws you in. While I had trouble reading it due to it's slow phase (Spanning three generations of characters) once I got over it, I could not stop. It's melancholic, infused with realism and there isn't a point where I could deny the possibility of it happening in real life. The authoress captured the essence of India perfectly, from the silent and lifeless villages to the bustling, chaotic Calcutta. I liked how she pulled away from a third person perspective to finally introducing the readers to a first person narrative.[return][r... moreeturn]There were a few parts though that pained me. The first was how the authoress sift through characters without prior thought, namely Meera and Suleiman Chacha. I would have liked to know more about them, what happened to Meera for instance after she left Songarh. It seemed a little rushed to me but maybe it's the style. The ending was good, bittersweet and nothing too fairy-tale like but I had to think about Mukunda's wife. Yes, given the circumstances, they are technically separated but I don't see the justification in ending the story there without any follow up.[return][return]Overall, I found this book to be quite the jewel.
review 2: A melancholy tapestry of heartache, loss and, as the title aptly describes it, impossible longing, set in India. I had to set the book aside several times due to the creeping despair it added to my already depressed state of mind during the dark, bitterly cold winter weather and unhappy holidays. I feel a deepening sense of melancholy just thinking about the book. It seems strange to rate it in terms of how much I "liked" it, but I give it 3 stars for being a compelling read. less

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